That fur has really got in the pipes

Latest cryptokitastrophe side-effect is no-one can deposit or withdraw Ethereum or ETH-based tokens from Bittrex, wallets are marked "offline - Network Congestion - Pausing".

In other news, kitties are believed not to be classed as securities for regulatory purposes... probably

The next couple of weeks are going to be interesting if this continues, maybe gets worse and at the same time the Futures markets open on Bitcoin giving people, who've only so far had the chance to bet on the price going up, an opportunity to bet on the price going down. Do much bigger potential profits from shorting Bitcoin make it more volatile or not? We're going to find out.

Steem feels positively pedestrian by comparison :)